Dollar Academy
Bands: BKBKBW · Stripes: DB K DB K DB LB DB K DB K DB LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=945
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 945
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 290
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 290
Thread count
DB/18 K18 DB18 K18 DB84 N/10

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dollar Academy (1930s) (Corporate) — ΔT 0.53
- Oxford University — ΔT 1.32
- Gulfmark (Corporate) — ΔT 1.34
- Scottish Nuclear — ΔT 1.52
- JetBlue (Corporate) — ΔT 1.56
- Brooks Brothers Tattersall Blue — ΔT 1.57
- Pringle, James (Fashion) — ΔT 1.59
- GulfMark — ΔT 1.61
- Gallaecia - Galicia National — ΔT 1.70
- Steffen, Morris (Personal) — ΔT 1.73
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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